American third seed Coco Gauff weathered a three-set thriller to beat Karolina Muchova 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 and advance to the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday, extending her perfect record against the Czech player to five straight wins.
The result bodes well for the American, who has won every tournament in which she has beaten Muchova, including the 2023 US Open.
I think today I didnt panic. I felt like the second set could have easily went my way, Gauff said. So I knew I just had to capitalise on those chances in the third set and I did that.
